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J. ELBERTSON.

Corn Planten.

Patented May 12,1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I V

Be it-known that I, JOHN ELBERTSON, of Kirksville, in-the countyiof Adair, and State of Missouri, have invented a new-and improved Corn-Plauter; and I do hereby declare" that the following is a full, elear, and

enact description of the constructionand operation of the same, referencebeing had to thejannexed drawings,

making a partof thisspecification, in which Figure 1 represents a vertical cross-section,

Figure 2 a side elevation, and j l I Figure 3 a detaehedview, in vertical section. V l 1 In this invention the-corn is plranted.by an instrument which can be carried in one hand and'used in the manner of a cane. The device is intended to facilitate the work of planting or droppingfthe seed, and-to obviate the neeessit-yof steeping for that purpose. g j r I v In the drawings, A represents the body of the instrument, being a tubethree or four feet in length, and

surmounted with a small hopper, A The latter is provided with a bottom, B, ha'vinga' small hole, 6, by means of which-the corn in the hopper escapes anddrops through the tube to its" lower end. V v

G is a roller directly under the'apertu're-b, and provided with a recess, 0, operating in connection with said aperture, toreceive.thehkernel of corn from the hopper above, and convey them in the proper quantity and at the proper time to the tube below.

- D is a vertical slide, which extends from the lower extremity of the tube-A to a point several inches above the hcpper,-term inating in a handle, at, by. which the whole instrument is held and carried when in operation.

The inner side of the slideis provided with a rack, e, operating in connection with-a segment-gear, e, on the side or end of the roller 0,215 seen in fig. 3. Theroller being in the position shown in fig. 3, when the instrument .is lifted by the handle d,-the slide 1) rises,and the reel; e turns the roller until 'the recess-c discharges whatever corh may have lodged in it. A suitable stop, f, prevents the slide .1) from working up or down too far. The rack 0 being attached to the slide D,-so that its teeth project inward from one of its edges, the other edge of the slide has a plate, 2', attached toit, and projecting inward like the-rack, except that "its front edge is straight. This plate is so arranged on the'slide that, when the latter is in the position shown in fig. 1, the plate comes against a part of the roller 0 that is cut away so as to form a straight edge, and when thus in contact with the roller, prevents the latter-from rotating; but when the slide is forced down or up, so far that the plate z'is thrown out of connectiouwiththeflat side of the roller, the latter is free to revolve. This holds thezroller in plac e when the instrument is not in use, and at that part of its operation when it is not desirable that the roller should move, and at the same time leaves it free to turn whenever it is necessary for it to do so,

and the rack e, operating in connection with the plate a, rotates the-roller precisely at the time-when the plate.

leaves it free to move. Y I

At the lower end of the tube A is a eurved'and inclined spring, m, which, when the slide Dis drawn up, extends across the cavity of the tube, and prevents the corn that is dropped by-the roller 0 from escaping from the tube. The corn thus intercepted, and held by the spring, lodges at the points as, fig. 1, the slide D being drawn up out of the way, and its lower end being immediately over the corn thus held-bythe spring. Now when the operator places the lower end of the, instrument in a hill or furrow prepared toreceive the seed, and

I presses down upon the handle d, the lower end of the slide comes down on the corn, and pressing the spring m back, forces the seed out of the tube A into the hill or furrow. At the same time, while the slide is doing this,'

the rack 0 brings the roller back into the position shown in fig. 3, so that the recess ccan receivethe seed for another hill. I I

The moment that'the corn'has thus been forced out of the tube, and the roller set for another charge, the operator steps forward, lifts the instrument as he'would his cane, and sets it down where he wants another billofeorn. In lifting it he raises the slide, rotat'es the roller, and closes the spring m'against the point x, deliver- -in,g another charge of cord from the hopper-to the lower end of the tube, andholding it in the latter position ready to be thr'ust into the hill whenthe instrument is set liown'again, as before described. It will be evident, from this brief description, that the operation ofthis instrument is exceedingly simple and convcnient,and that it will enable a laborer to accomplish much more than when planting by hand without it.

The instrument iSBO -constructed that it can be readily taken apart. By removing the pins 0 o, and taking ofi. the hopper A, the whole apparatus will come to pieces readily, and if out of order in any way can at once he put into working operation again.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination of'the rack e, gear a, plate i, and roller 0 having one flat edge, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

i 2. In combination with the parts above referred to, I claim the slide D and tube A, when all said parts are constructed and arranged so as to operate together in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

To the aboveepecification of my invention, I have signed my hand, this 25th day of February, 1868.

' JOHN ELBERTSON.

Witnesses:

S. C. KEMON, CHAS. A. PET'IIT- 

